Special Film
The Firefly Club and Presence Patrol
Fanfare hosts the premiere of the latest film by the award-winning team of writer Alan Marsh and director Martie Fellom. The Firefly Club is a surreal journey of humans into the worlds of nature, seen through the eyes of a child. With a score by Southeastern composer-in-residence Stephen Suber, the film portrays a rite of passage that hints at the unseen threats that tie us together, paradoxically reflecting as well our more common sense of isolation. The evening will also feature a showing of Presence Patrol, a documentary short of Marsh's experiences in Iraq and in post-Katrina New Orleans.
Free

Foreign Film Festival

October 4
In the Time of the Butterflies (Spanish)
Directed by Mariano Barrios and based on the book by Julia Alvarez, In the Time of Butterflies stars Marc Anthony, Edward James Oleos and Selma Hayek, who gives a powerful, passionate performance as an idealistic young woman waging a daring struggle for freedom against a murderous dictator. Rated PG 13, in English

October 11
Les Choristes (French) 
In this 2004 film, nominated for two Oscars, Clement Mathieu (actor Gérard Jugnot) takes a job teaching music at a school for troubled boys, where he is unprepared for its harsh discipline and depressing atmosphere. But with passion and unconventional teaching methods, he sparks his students' interest in music and brings them newfound joy. Rated PG 13, English subtitles

October 18
Nowhere in Africa (German)
Nowhere in Africa is a story about love, family, a homeland lost and a homeland found. Spanning two continents, the film depicts the true story of a Jewish family that flees the Nazi regime in 1938 and adjusts to farm life in Kenya. Rated R (some nudity, sexual content), English subtitles. 

October 25
Bitter Rice (Italian) 
Directed by Giuseppe De Santis, Bitter Rice is a story of women laboring in the rice fields of Italy. Former Miss Rome Silvana Mangano plays the sultry main character, who turns down the chance to emigrate to a better life in South America in favor of a steamy affair with her best friend's lover. PG 13, English subtitles